ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,527, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Moving body" was invented by Andrii Pydin (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving body includes a sensor that detects a protruding portion of a load, a determination unit that determines whether or not the protruding portion is present, a footprint setting unit that sets a footprint formed by a first region obtained by projecting the moving body on the ground and a second region obtained by projecting the protruding portion on the ground or a footprint formed by the first region, depending on the presence or absence of the protruding portion, and a trav...